MANILA, Aug. 18 - To carry out the Department Labor and Employment’s national and regional action plans on eliminating ‘endo’ and other illegitimate forms of contracting, Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III has directed for the training of regional directors, technical service division chiefs, mediator-arbiters, and labor laws compliance officers (LLCO) in determining labor-only contracting (LOC).

MANILA, Aug. 10 - Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III recently issued a labor advisory prohibiting labor-only contracting and ensuring strict implementation and enforcement of workers’ right to security of tenure.

“Labor-only contracting is prohibited. This means that labor-only contracting, or those arrangement where the contractor or subcontractor merely recruits, supplies, or places workers to perform a job, work, or service for a principal, is illegal,” said Bello.